Using both printed and electronics media, research on the current relationship between China and the Philippines.

Consider the economic, political, and social factors. Discuss the impact of Chinese culture on contemporary Philippine
society and compare it with the impact of Chinese culture on 19th century Philippines.

Chinese mestizos rose to prominence between 1741 and 1898, mostly as landlords and middlemen wholesalers of local
produce and foreign imports, but there were mestizos in other occupations as well. The bulk of today's upper class is
made up of descendants of mestizos who rose to prominence through commercial agriculture in the late Spanish
century. That the mestizo, as a marginal variable not closely associated with a village or town, acted as a catalytic
agent in the late-Spanish-century phase of social reform. This will require the extension of the money market into
parts of the Philippines. Regional governors and mestizos were the only citizens with capital in certain areas. The
emergence of the middle class as an economic force has yet another significant impact. Any mestizo families found it
easier to provide schooling for their children after accumulating a certain amount of money. 'The Philippine Revolution
of 1896 was the final act of determination on the part of the true Filipinos - Indios and Chinese mestizos alike -to
claim for themselves and for future generations the incomparable birthright of nationhood. And the accomplishment
of this historic mission was due, to a significant extent, to the patriotic awakening of the Chinese mestizos and their
complete absorption into the social, cultural and economic fabric of the emerging Filipino nation-state. But now,
almost businesses here in the Philippines was run by Chinese. The possibility of a war between China and the
Philippines over the South China Sea has enraged Filipinos, who do not want to have an alliance with the Chinese
because they believe that having a relationship with them entails granting them sovereignty over the West Philippine
Sea, particularly now that President Duterte is so close to them. ""Whatever differences we have with China ... it will
not be an obstacle to the overall positive trajectory of our bilateral friendly relations and our deepening cooperation
[in the] pandemic response, including vaccine cooperation, and in [the] post pandemic economic recovery,"

Duterte said in a statement read by his spokesperson. Increased Chinese assertiveness in the form of offshore drilling,
land reclamation and militarization operations, and intimidation of international fishing and oil exploration ships has
breached Philippine sovereignty and heightened the Philippines' ability to protect its territorial sea and exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) privileges over the years (Chang, 2ft14). Duterte will need China's help, particularly as the
Philippines deals with a resurgence of coronavirus infections that has forced a quarter of the population, including
the capital, to be quarantined for two weeks. This jeopardizes his government's efforts to reverse a 9.6% economic
recession last year, which resulted in the hunger and unemployment.